I worked at Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts full-time for more than 5 years

Pros

- Great place for exposure to many aspects of HR
- Somewhat flexible scheduling as there is a need for HR presence over different shifts
- Great travel perks
- Opportunity to work with many different types of employees across all departments, since Crowne is full-service, we had F&amp;B, full Housekeeping, Maintenance, Banquets, Front Desk, and Sales.

Cons

- It was a 24/7/365 environment, the hotel never closes. There were times that it was a struggle getting employees on board to work some of the major holidays.
- Hospitality in general has a higher turnover rate, there was near constant hiring occurring, which also meant weekly orientations. That begins to eat into a lot of time each week.